It's loosely based on the traditional tale "Jack the Giant Killer" and features the use of stop motion animation. But Pendragon is not to be denied and a battle between good and evil commences.There's quite a back story to this United Artists feature film. However, his plans are at first thwarted when farmers boy Jack (Kerwin Matthews) slays the giant sent by Pendragon to claim the Princess. It's the fairy tale land of Cornwall, England, and the Black Prince Pendragon (Torin Thatcher) plans to abduct Princess Elaine (Judith Meredith) so as to gain control of the land. I kill a giant every morning before breakfast. If you love these kinds of movies see it for sure, I bought it and still watch it plentiful to this day. I also love the shot of the animated crow flying toward a beautiful matte painting of a castle. My favorite scene is when the puppet comes to like and slow dances with the princess. Jack and the princess are likeable characters as well as Peter and Sigard the viking. Stop-motion animation fans take note, there is a lot of stop-motion in this film. If you like movies like " The 7th Voyage of Sinbad " or any George Pal film this is a must see.
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Great stop-motion animation and a fun story makes this movie great
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I love this film, I loved it when it scared me out of my skin as a child and I still love it now. If I had watched Pirates of the Caribbean when I was three or four years old I might have reacted in a similar way to that. I watched it recently and I can see why it effected me so. Particularly the one with the huge mouth that blew a gushing wind all the time and the one with the three horns. The Giant was bad enough, but then there was the deliriously camp warlock (camp things always worried me as a child Marc Bolan gave me nightmares too) the evil version of the princess with the odd eyes and then worse of all, The witches.
The theme tune and title sequence of Tom Baker era Doctor Who, The ride in the boat in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory The snake from the Seven Faces of Dr Lao but most of all, the one thing that would make me cry and quake for hours and hours was Jack the Giant Killer. As a child there were 4 things guaranteed to scare the pants off me.
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